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Uganda, Rwanda andBurundiCreated byMr. Raponi

ObjectivesStudents will be able to discuss how being landlocked affects these three countries.Students will be able to define refugees and genocide.Students will be able to discuss the Rwandan Civil War and Genocide. Hutu Tutsi

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya

Tanzania

= Uganda= Rwanda= Burundi

Uganda lies in the

____________________ region of East Africa.

Uganda’s 77,050 square miles makes it slightly smaller than

_____________.

In Southern Uganda, thick forests spread across the landscape and to the east and west, mountains form the country’s border.

Climate

The _____________ crosses southern Uganda.

The country’s generally high elevation keep temperatures very mild.

In most areas, at least

____ inches of rain falls each year.

Only a few northern areas receive less than 20 inches.

The Economy

Agriculture is the most important economic activity in Uganda.

Fertile soil and mild climate help crops to grow well.

Uganda’s farmers grow bananas, beans, cassava, and corn.

________________ is Uganda’s leading cash crop.

Interesting Food Choice

The People

Uganda has about

____________________ people and nearly 2/3 of the people live in the fertile soil area.

There you find

______________, the capital city.

Uganda has more than 20 different ethnic groups, the largest and most prosperous is the

___________________

More People For most of the 20th

century, the

______________ ruled Uganda.

After it gained its independence in

___________, fighting broke out between ethnic groups in the north and the south and continued through the 1980s.

Ugandans are still rebuilding their country today.

A Bit Of Monkey Business in Uganda

Rwanda and Burundi are located deep within East Africa.

Although these countries lie just

________________ of the Equator, higher altitudes give them a mild climate

Economy In both countries,

farmers grow tea, coffee, beans, and cotton.

In some spots, people raise cattle and other livestock.

Since both countries

are ______________, they have trouble getting the goods to foreign buyers.

Ethnic Conflict Burundi and Rwanda are two

of the smallest and most crowded nations in Africa.

Rwanda has an average of 805 people per square mile, 13 times as great as Africa’s population density as a whole.

The majority of the population of these two countries comes from two ethnic groups, the

_________________ and

the _______________.

Tutsi Tribesmen in Rwanda

War In ___________, civil war broke out in

Rwanda between these two groups.

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in what is known as a

_____________________, the deliberate extermination of a racial, religious, political, or cultural group.

This sent more than two million people fleeing from their homes.

These people became

_________________________, or people who must leave their homes and find safety elsewhere.

About 14,000 Tutsi People Leaving Their Homes and

Becoming Refugees

Reason Behind the Conflict

The began with the death of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on April 6, 1994

In only 100 days, more than 800,000 Rwandans were killed, most of which belonging to the Tutsi ethnic group.

It is not known whether the Tutsis had anything to do with the death of Habyarimana.

War in Rwanda

Question?How do you think you would respond if you were one of the children in Rwanda?

Ticket To Leave

A Note to a Friend Please write a note to a friend that explains something that you have learned about today. Then exchange your note with someone sitting near you